Tuesday, June 15, 2010

COMMENTS: Dodgers swept by Angels, Lakers lacquered by the Celtics...not a great weekend for the L.A. sports fan. But there's a ray of hope for the once-again-second-place Dodgers as they head to Cincinnati: They traditionally play the Reds well, going 5-1 against them last year.

But this is an improving Reds team, one in first place, in fact. For that, they can point to the help they got from the Dodgers' recent sweep of the Cards. So how about some payback, Cincinnati? L.A. sports fans could use it.

(from Sax): We'll have a separate thread for the Lakers game this evening, so FOCUS on getting us back on track at the Great American Ballpark. We're only a half-game back here, but now we're tied with the Giants for second place! Let's go, Blue!

Since this is another Eric Collins game, I revisited my Collins Curse spreadsheet. Looking closer at 2009, there was no evidence to support a curse, other than the Dodgers lost at least one game in every series he called. His series record last year was a respectable 8-4-1.

I have this sinking feeling that we're going to finish the Yankees series in third or fourth. Thankfully, the beginning and end of July is "feast on the NL West" time again. The rest of July is made up of teams the Dodgers will be getting a second look at (FLA, NYM, CHC, STL).

Ricky played for Batavia in the NY Penn League after his junior season at Texas. He quit a few games into the season to go back to Autin to work out before his Heisman season. Either that or he couldnt get any good kush in Batavia